The Matrix is now a reality!

[Cochise]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...ever-memristor

Hewlett-Packard Unveils Real-World Memristor, Chip of the Future

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17 Oxygen-depleted Titanium Dioxide Memristors Hewlett Packard, via Wikimedia Commons

In 1971, electrical engineering professor Leon Chua proposed a theoretical basic electronics component called a memristor. In 2008, Hewlett Packard brought the memristor out of theory and into the real world. And today, HP announced that they have finally proven that they can build devices that use memristors, instead of the transistors that enable all current computer chips. Since memristors can store and process data simultaneously, stack on top of one another in a 3-D fashion, and function at much smaller sizes than a transistor, this advance could increase the power and memory of computers to nearly unimaginable proportions within only a couple of years.

"In theory we can connect thousands of layers in a very straightforward fashion," Stan Williams, and scientist at HP, told the BBC. "It could provide a way of getting a ridiculous amount of memory on a chip."

Memristors improve on transistors in three key ways. First off, they allow the same device to serve as the processor and the memory. Right now, computers need separate devices for memory (such as solid state flash memory or regular magnetic hard drives) and processing (the computer chip itself). By eliminating the communication time and energy between those different parts of hardware, a memristor system would work far faster, and with far less energy, than a traditional computer.


Second, memristors can be much smaller than transistors. Quantum mechanics limits how tiny transistors can be, a limit that current technology is rapidly approaching. Memristors would allow computer chips to continue getting smaller past that point, all without resorting to exotic tricks like graphene chips or quantum computing.

Lastly, unlike transistors, which only work linearly, memristors can form three-dimensional networks. This added dimension exponentially expands the number of connections, and thus the power, of a memristor computer. In fact, the 3-D network capability of memristors is so profound that Leon Chua, the man who first theorized the existence of memristors in the 1971, believes that this technology could enable the creation of electronic brains. "We have the right stuff now to build real brains," he told the Times.

Hewlett Packard has already created a few simple devices that run on memristors as proof of concept, and they think that they can have the first working models capable of replacing some current computer parts within three years. However, with memristors enabling chip development for decades past where transistors would have hit their physical limit, the true value of this advance may not be realized for years to come.

Immortality and "new" body farms incoming!

[Draylo]

"believes that this technology could enable the creation of electronic brains. "We have the right stuff now to build real brains," he told the Times."

Interesting....

[Insanecyclone]

"believes that this technology could enable the creation of electronic brains. "We have the right stuff now to build real brains," he told the Times."

Interesting....

Wait so ghost in the shell now?

[Takedown3]

my lord technology is getting scarier with every day that goes by.

[Draylo]

But can it see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

[Blubbartron]

But can it see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd /thread. But seriously, these things are amazing. I'm extremely excited to see the first components built with them. Unfortunately, they'll probably be prohibitively expensive for a decade or more until production methods get refined.

[Mizango]

Wow.

[Cephius]

I dunno about you guys, but I've been tapping into the matrix since 1995.

http://timecapsl.com/wp-content/uplo...virtualboy.jpg

[BadKarma]

Skynet incoming.

[Mizango]

I dunno about you guys, but I've been tapping into the matrix since 1995.

http://timecapsl.com/wp-content/uplo...virtualboy.jpg

LMAO. I hated that piece of shit. I remember having bowling on it and some shitty red Mario game lol. Oh man Ceph, you suck.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Big three being bucky balls, memristors, and cold fusion. Getting two out of three isn't too bad. And no, Fleischmann-Pons doesn't count.

[Eliseos]

I remember reading about this theory a few years ago, glad they finally got something.

As for the thread title, someone needs to post that comic of how the reporter isn't reporting what the scientist says, only what they want to hear.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

I remember reading about this theory a few years ago, glad they finally got something.

As for the thread title, someone needs to post that comic of how the reporter isn't reporting what the scientist says, only what they want to hear.

By popular demand.

Spoiler: show

http://zs1.smbc-comics.com/comics/20090830.gif

[Mizango]

I remember reading about this theory a few years ago, glad they finally got something.

As for the thread title, someone needs to post that comic of how the reporter isn't reporting what the scientist says, only what they want to hear.

I thought the same thing lol.

[Woozie]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Also, this is pretty awesome. This kind of stuff makes me think going into solid state physics may not be so bad afterall.

[Rhyis.]

That's really sweet.

That kind of tech could jump start a whole bunch of stuff.

[Drex]

I don't really get the specifics but it sounds pretty awesome

[Knightmare]

1. Moore's Law disproved
2. Technological singularity
3. Skynet-Matrix-Robotapocolyse

Cool, step one is nearly complete.

[Sylvrdragon]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...ever-memristor



Immortality and "new" body farms incoming!

Have you even SEEN The Matrix?

[Kaylia]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Also, this is pretty awesome. This kind of stuff makes me think going into solid state physics may not be so bad afterall.

I don't know..they still have a long way to go to convince me that solid state physics is fun!

Quantum mechanics limits how tiny transistors can be, a limit that current technology is rapidly approaching. Memristors would allow computer chips to continue getting smaller past that point, all without resorting to exotic tricks like graphene chips or quantum computing.

How does it works? I don't know anything memresistor, but I have trouble believing they arent also bound by some quantum mechanics bullshit eventually?

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Actually, I should just go read about memresistor, I have no clue wtf it is.